Pitaria sorrentoensis Hanna 1927 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Pitar sorrentoensis

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Pitaria according to M. A. Hanna 1927

See also Givens and Kennedy 1979

Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria baldryi, Pitaria behri, Pitaria buenavistana, Pitaria calcanea, Pitaria californiana, Pitaria concinna, Pitaria conradi, Pitaria intica, Pitaria kyushuensis, Pitaria lorenzana, Pitaria matsumotoi, Pitaria obscurate, Pitaria palmeri, Pitaria praenominata, Pitaria silicifluvia, Pitaria takashimaensis, Pitaria verticala, Pitaria yasila, Pitaria yokoyamai

Type specimen: UCMP 31041, a valve. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 5051 San Clemente Creek, San Diego, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in the La Jolla Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (6: California collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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